How Russia’s New Jet Drones Are Changing the Threat to Kyiv — Watch Video At The Kyiv Independent
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How Russia’s new jet drones are changing the threat to Kyiv — Watch Video At The Kyiv Independent
In this report, the Kyiv Independent’s Asami Terajima and Nick Allard join a Ukrainian volunteer air defense team defending Kyiv as Russia intensifies its drone attacks on the capital.
Volunteers protect Kiev with Soviet MGs against Russia's new jet drones – but the old weapons come to their limits
The Ukrainian Air Force has detailed that Russian forces have launched 108 drones into the country and added that a total of 88 aircraft have been shot down.
On the night of October 2, Russian forces launched more than 100 attack drones over Ukraine, almost half of which were jet-propelled. Their production remains critically dependent on foreign components.
Russian drones had become a serious problem for Ukrainian air defence, said Vladimir Zelensky, who said that they had to use fighter aircraft to intercept them, while 20-millimetre ammunition stockpiles were decreasing, as he had described in an interview with Reuters, which had been recited by "Stern.ua".
The president called for blocking the enemy's supply of foreign components
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